Ideas on a heritage framework

Creating a sustainable heritage workbook for Hb #HeritageBeku

Note on the team:

1. Prof Vasavada should Mentor it although we can do the hard work.

2. The team should be handpicked with the goal of conceptually helping the owner/ client to have a valid reuse strategy in place for tbe work.

3. There should be a masterplan of the old properties or architecturally important works in the multiple histories of the city.

4. These histories can be made alive by creating cultural habits of Heritage Beku walks.

5. Wherever possible by way of sponsorship we should have unusual formats for Museum display of some of these for Walkers to discover on walking trails .

6. This team should also be able.to help those working on projects to have a support backbone especially if certain projects need Govt clout.

7. The team should be able to liaise with the Govt Influencer team in Heritage Beku to make proposals to conserve or reuse ( even if a non-building) if there is a suggestion.

8. Private bodies or parties should be able.to approach the team if there is anything on their site that they would like to conserve IF relevant from the city history point of view.

It is vital not to overlap the scope of other heritage bodies in the city but rather have a unique role (so the above list I have put down may need to be evaluated from this perspective. )

Thinking aloud by

Nisha Mathew Ghosh

Book Launch - Lalbagh by Suresh Jayaram

An event by Heritage Beku

Listen in to Artist, Curator & Author Suresh Jayaram as he walks us through his beautiful new book on Lalbagh, a space that mirrors the spiritual journey of Bangalore itself.

Suresh is in conversation with eminent ecologist & author Harini Nagendra.

Intuitive and resonant, Harini asks Suresh about the beauty of art and literature that seems to be the only tool to lift Nature, Green and the environment from the gloom & doom we find ourselves in, and chats about the process of research that this book entailed, and what next – a book on Cubbon Park maybe?

While on that, the chat moves to creating accessible information repositories for visitors or converting this book into a documentary. Who knows, these plans have a way of fleshing out if the universe conspires.

The story remains one of hope, of exploring the past and the roots of Bangalore’s most famous Garden, with all its trailing tendrils of people, sketches, snapshots and postcards – and of investing in city heritage for the future.

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/bceAqRcapFE.5pm 22 Sept 2021:

This talk will segue into a charming treasure hunt at Lalbagh based on this book, next week so watch this space and RSVP for that now!

Organised by: #HeritageBeku

About the Author & Panelist

Suresh Jayaram, Author

Suresh Jayaram is a visual artist, trained as an art historian, arts administrator and curator from Bangalore. He is the Founder of 1.Shanhtiroad Studio an international artist’s Residency.

He is currently involved in art practise, urban mapping, archiving, curation and arts education. His keen interest in environmental and urban developmental issues influences his work. He taught Art History at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat, the College of Fine Arts in Bangalore and later went on to become the Dean from 2005-2007.He obtained his BFA in painting from the College of Fine Arts, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat

1990 and MFA from M.S.University, Baroda in 1992 in Art Criticism

Harini Nagendra, Panelist

Harini is an Indian ecologist who uses satellite remote sensing coupled with field studies of biodiversity, archival research, institutional analysis, and community interviews to examine the factors shaping the social-ecological sustainability of forests and cities in the south Asian context Her areas of interest include Urban sustainability, Ecology and development, Land change, Biodiversity and conservation.

Nagendra is currently a professor of sustainability at the Azim Premji University, Bangalore.[5] She coordinates the Centre for Urban Sustainability in India at Azim Premji University.[6] Larger global crisis of sustainability motivates Nagendra to research on the subject.

She was a visiting researcher at the University of California, San Diego in 1998. She was an independent researcher from 2003 to 2013.[2] She has worked in a variety of contexts in forests and cities of South Asia and globally.[7] Nagendra served as Hubert H Humphrey Distinguished Visiting Professor at Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota in 2013.

Nagendra's recent book “Nature in the City: Bengaluru in the Past, Present, and Future” (Oxford University Press India, 2016) examines the transformation of human-nature interactions in Bangalore from the 6th century CE to the present, addressing the implications of such change for the urban sustainability of fast-growing cities in the global South.

Restoration on Lalbagh Aquarium

2nd Sept 2021

Dr Jagadish

Joint Director – Horticulture, GoK

Lalbagh

Bangalore

Email: jdhpgf@gmail.com

Dear Dr Jagadish:

Subject: Request for information/update on Restoration of Historic Aquarium at Lalbagh

At the outset, thank you for all the wonderful work you and your Horticulture Team is doing across the state and particularly out two gems Lalbagh and Cubbon Park. We hope to have many opportunities to work with you and build connects and events that allow people to appreciate our city’s natural heritage better.

By the way, as I mentioned today, I had hoped that Mr. Suresh Jayaram, famous artist and historian can meet with you and present the newly published wonderful book he has recently completed on YOUR Lalbagh to you, Director and DD. He has presented the first copy to Mr. RK Kataria, Secretary – Horticulture just yesterday and he wanted to present the second set to you and the team.

I wanted to check with you regarding the historical but sadly dilapidated Aquarium. I am sure you are doing all you can but do please share in some detail what are the plans for this, focus to restore it and how if anything, we can help you as citizens.

We are always happy to support our magnificent Lalbagh, Cubbon Park (and the pretty adjacent Musical Fountain Park). Please let us know if there is anything that is needed.

Thanking You

Yours Sincerely

Priya Chetty-Rajagopal

Founder

Links: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Lalbaghs-crumbling-aquarium-may-get-a-new-life/articleshow/50751514.cms?utm_source=nyoooz&utm_medium=post